From Doringbaai to Port Nolloth, West Coast communities are pushing back against mining and offshore oil and gas expansion. Residents, activists and fishers say consultation processes fail local people while environmental degradation and economic inequality continue to deepen
He is one of six defendants who this week an reached out-of-court settlement with an Australian mining company in a long-running defamation battle
The case isn’t only about environmental lawyers and activists being slapped by ‘rapacious’ miners with a series of defamation lawsuits, but about the rule of law
The judge ruled that corporations should not be allowed to use the legal system against citizens and activists